From 3f62991313ec9bb2f4ea8cee2a7143b45130d19c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lubos Kocman Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:31:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Leap Micro 6.1 Alpha article --- ...-11-20-leap-micro-61-alpha-availability.md | 73 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2024/2024-11-20-leap-micro-61-alpha-availability.md diff --git a/_posts/2024/2024-11-20-leap-micro-61-alpha-availability.md b/_posts/2024/2024-11-20-leap-micro-61-alpha-availability.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1fb492f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024/2024-11-20-leap-micro-61-alpha-availability.md @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +--- + +author: Lubos Kocman +date: 2024-11-20 12:00:00+02:00 +layout: post +image: /wp-content/uploads/2022/11/lpm.png +license: CC-BY-SA-3.0 +title: Leap Micro 6.1 Alpha is now available. Get ready for Leap Micro 5.5 End of Life. +categories: +- Announcements +- openSUSE +- Leap Micro +tags: +- openSUSE +- Leap Micro +- SLE Micro +- Community +- Open Source +- Testing +- Developers +- EOL + +--- +Leap Micro 6.1 Alpha images can be found at [get.opensuse.org](https://get.opensuse.org/leapmicro/6.0/). +Unless some serious issues are found, users can expect a quick transition to GA within a few weeks. + +## About Leap Micro + +Leap Micro 6.1 is a rebranded [SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 6.1](https://www.suse.com/products/micro/) which is an ultra-reliable container and Virtual Machine host by SUSE. Leap Micro is released twice a year and has support over two releases. + +## Leap Micro 5.5 will be EOL with the release of Leap Micro 6.1 + +With the release of [Leap Micro 6.1](https://get.opensuse.org/leapmicro/6.1/), [Leap Micro 5.5](https://news.opensuse.org/2023/10/12/leap-micro-55-hands-on/) reaches End Of Life; users will no longer receive maintenance updates and are advised to upgrade to 6.1. + +More conservative users can stay on Leap Micro 6.0, which will receive updates until the release of Leap Micro 6.2. + +## Notable changes + +Users performing clean install will notice visible changes to the first boot wizard. +The jeos-firstboot wizard can now create an additional user and optionally the 2FA secret but the PAM config is missing. It will be added with the GM builds. + +We've added [soft-reboot support](https://microos.opensuse.org/blog/2024-06-13-soft-reboot/). + +Inclusion of vhostmd for SAP Virtualization. Addition of chrony-pool-empty and pf-bb-config. +PREEMPT_RT kernel for Arm, ZRAM support, and support for TOTP 2fa for pam login mainly for the cockpit. +Working JIT compilation of eBPF rules. + +SLE Micro 6.1 received additional support for ppc64le, however, we intend to keep Leap Micro only for x86_64 and aarch64. +The main reason is that there is no demand from the community to support these arches. + +## Understanding individual images + +Users can refer to the [Leap Micro 6.0 announcement](https://news.opensuse.org/2024/06/25/leap-micro-60-availability/) where we already covered this part. + +## Upgrading from previous release. + +A recommendation for migration from 5.X is to make a clean install since this is a brand-new major version. + +For those who'd like to try migration, please follow the [upgrade guide](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade_to_LeapMicro_6.0). + +Migration from 6.0 should work with `zypper --releasever 6.1 dup inside transactional-update shell` + +There is a chance that we'll include [a new migration tool](https://hackweek.opensuse.org/projects/new-migration-tool-for-leap) which is expected to be developed as part of hackweek in Leap Micro 6.1 Beta. This would make the upgrade more straightforward for the future upgrades. + +## Release Notes + +Users can refer to [SLE Micro 6.1 Release notes](https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/index.html) once available. + +Leap Micro 6.1 uses [openSUSE-repos](https://github.com/openSUSE/openSUSE-repos) for repository management. It is highly recommended to pay attention to this detail, especially for those who migrate. Here is an [article explaining how openSUSE repos work](https://news.opensuse.org/2023/07/31/try-out-cdn-with-opensuse-repos/). + +Just like 6.0, Leap Micro 6.1 has no longer a [dedicated SLE update repo](https://github.com/openSUSE/openSUSE-repos/blob/main/opensuse-leap-micro5-repoindex.xml). This has been merged into the [main repository](https://github.com/openSUSE/openSUSE-repos/blob/main/opensuse-leap-micro6-repoindex.xml). + +